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We've done a good job of making it easy in Schema 1.1 Part 2 to jump from the table of contents to descriptions of particular types like Integer. Abstractions like "List" and "Union" seem equally important, but you have to more or less guess that they'd be in the section "2.4 Datatype Distinctions". I can imagine serveral potential resolutions to this concern, any of which would be agreeable to me: a) Add at least section 2.4.1 to the TOC. The obvious thing to do would be to also add 2.4.2 Special vs. Primitive vs. Ordinary Datatypes; 2.4.3 Definition, Derivation, Restriction, and Construction; 2.4.4 Built-in vs. User-Defined Datatypes b) Rearrange the sections in 2.4 so that "list" and "union" (and perhaps Atomic as well) are level 3 rather than level 4 headings, and then include them individually. They seem like quite important abstractions in the type system, and they're buried quite deeply in the TOC hierarchy. Other solutions might be agreeable to me too, but I strongly feel we should do something better than what we currently have. Noah
*** Bug 4459 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
A proposal illustrating a solution to this issue is at http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2004/06/xmlschema-2/datatypes.b5179.html http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2004/06/xmlschema-1/structures.b5179.html and is ready for WG action.
RESOLUTION: adopt proposal for 5179 at http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2004/06/xmlschema-2/datatypes.b5179.html
The change described in comment 2 has now been integrated into the status-quo documents. I am accordingly marking this issue resolved. Noah, as the originator, if you would signal your acceptance or rejection of this resolution by closing or reopening the bug in the usual manner, it would be helpful. If the working group does not hear otherwise from you in the next two weeks, we will assume that you are content with the disposition of this comment.